{"product_id":"the-peasant-cotton-revolution-in-west-africa-cote-divoire-1880-1995-paperback-9780521788830","title":"The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa; Côte d'Ivoire, 1880–1995 (Paperback) 9780521788830","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCôte d'Ivoire, 1880–1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuccess story highlighting role of peasant farmers in cotton revolution in Côte d'Ivoire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas J. Bassett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521788830, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 7 maps  13 tables\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.407 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a good book that deserves to be widely read … highly informative book …'. Development and Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe literature of Africa is dominated by accounts of crisis and gloom. But Thomas Bassett, a distinguished American geographer well known in the field of development, tells an unusual story of the growth of the cotton economy of West Africa. One of the few long-running success stories in African development, change was brought about by tens of thousands of small-scale peasant farmers. While the introduction of new strains of cotton in French West Africa was in part a result of agronomic research by French scientists, supported by an unusually efficient marketing structure, this is not a case of triumphant top-down 'planification'. Employing the case of Côte d'Ivoire, Professor Bassett shows agricultural intensification to result from the cumulative effect of decades of incremental changes in farming techniques and social organization. A significant contribution to the literature, the book demonstrates the need to consider the local and temporal dimensions of agricultural innovations. It brings into question many key assumptions that have influenced development policies during the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The collision of empires, 1880–1911\u003cbr\u003e 3. The uncaptured corvée, 1912–46\u003cbr\u003e 4. Repackaging cotton, 1947–63\u003cbr\u003e 5. Making cotton work, 1964–84\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'To sow or not to sow': the extensification of cotton, gender politics, and rural mobilization, 1985–95\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Tropical agriculture: practice \u0026amp; techniques [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Tropical agriculture: practice \u0026amp; techniques\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Tropical%20agriculture:%20practice%20\u0026amp;%20techniques%20%5BTVQ%5D%22\"\u003eTVQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Regional studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20studies%20%5BGTB%5D%22\"\u003eGTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006069887256,"sku":"9780521788830","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521788830i_9aaad5bc-6e35-4631-96d6-d6eb69cba048.jpg?v=1691367944","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-peasant-cotton-revolution-in-west-africa-cote-divoire-1880-1995-paperback-9780521788830","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}